Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: Bootstrapping Is Good!

Here is T. Farabee’s review of Sramana Mitra’s Bootstrapping book for Amazon: “Bootstrapping is good!  Mitra showcases a dozen entrepreneurs and their lessons from the bootstrapping trenches.  Some of the quotes from these interviews are below: Ramu Yalamanchi, Hi5: – No matter how many businesses you start, it just takes one successful business to make

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College Bootstrapping Buddies: Grasshopper Cofounders Siamak Taghaddos And David Hauser (Part 3)

SM: The two of you worked on the project and did creative financing deals to get started. What time was this? ST: We got started in January 2003. At that time we set aside six months to focus on the technology and work with various vendors creatively. We did that from January to June and

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College Bootstrapping Buddies: Grasshopper Cofounders Siamak Taghaddos And David Hauser (Part 2)

SM: What were the dynamics of involving your family in your venture? ST: Entrepreneurship runs in my family. My father ran an accounting firm when he was young in Iran. He had been in a similar situation as David and I had.

Roundtable Recap: April 8 – A Focus On E-Commerce

This morning I worked with three new entrepreneurs, each at a different stage of validating who their customers are and building their businesses accordingly.  Two have e-commerce businesses, which I love. In fact, my Forbes column tomorrow will discuss the shift from brick-and-mortar shops to e-commerce and how such businesses are so well poised for

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April 8 Roundtable Recording

In case you missed this session, here is the recording:

College Bootstrapping Buddies: Grasshopper Cofounders Siamak Taghaddos And David Hauser (Part 1)

Siamak Taghaddos and David Hauser are both serial entreprenuers and co-founders of Grasshopper, which offers advanced phone capabilites to small businesses. Siamak oversees the strategic direction of Grasshopper and serves as the company’s brand visionary while David oversees the strategic direction and operations of Grasshopper and serves as the company’s technology visionary. They met as students

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Strategy Roundtable for Entrepreneurs on Thursday

Sramana Mitra’s next free online strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs will be held on this Thursday, April 8, 2010 starting at 8am PDT/11am EDT/8:30pm IST.  You can find more details and register here.  Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know!

Vision India 2020 Book Review: Atul Kapur, TiE

Atul Kapur is the President of TiE Rajasthan.  TiE is the world’s largest organization fostering entrepreneurship.  Here is his review: “Vision India 2020 is a marvel. It is a must for anyone who has ever thought about entrepreneurship in any form and an absolute must for anyone who has not. As the President of TiE Rajasthan,

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